International versions of Deal or No Deal based on the US model? FAILURE.
International versions of 1 vs 100 based on the US model? FAILURE.
So which not-massively-successful-really version of Endemol’s Million Pound Drop will Eddie McGuire be emulating in Australia? Yes brilliant, I know. At least they’ve had the sense to call it The Million Dollar Drop.
We speculated about this here, it films tonight in Manchester.
I’m not going to be able to attend unfortunately, but it looks like one or two Bother’s Bar punters might well be. We welcome a recording report, either e-mail it or write it in the comments.
We are mainly interested in how it works and whether you think it’s any good. Feel free to use a pseudonym.
Update: The lovely Barney Sausage has done an excellent recording review for us.
We’re in quite a good period for indie shows at the moment, shows done on a small budget for small broadcasters (or indeed just the internet):
On Twitter yesterday I was joking that 5Hole’s next production should be the first podcast reality dating show called Date Davis however, what if there IS scope for a podcast dating show? After watching the DC livestream last night the format idea I had is something like:
Yes it’s basically Dating in the Dark/The Marriage Ref except more FUCKING New Media Yeah, somebody flesh it out and make it happen please thanks. It should probably be called something rubbish like The Date Pod.
On one side, we have Endemol Joe who insists it isn’t and we’re really stupid actually aaaaaah, on the other The Sun says that there are going to be themed specials (around Harry Potter, The X Factor and Remembrance Day being listed, although someone named @tvinfomer has suggested there will be six throughout the year which I have no reason to disbelieve or indeed believe).
I thought the live show before Christmas was fun, but I can’t say I’m particularly bothered either way.
OK Gang, here’s some fun for you, you may remember Alex Davis of Buzzerblog fame does a sideline in podcast gameshows with Bob Hagh under 5Hole Productions, his first one last year was Double Cross (sponsored by QuizQuizQuiz). I didn’t think it was by any means perfect, but I thought it was a good try and that it was nice to see someone have a serious go at it.
Anyway, things seem to be working out for them and tonight sees the first recording of the new season and it’s promising a lot of change. The first new episode goes out March 14th. So why bring it up today? Because they’re going to do a live video stream of tonight’s recording and you can watch it by clicking here. It starts at about 1800 ET, which my knowledge of poker software suggests about 2300 UK time and should last about two hours. The first season is downloadable on iTunes from here.
Speaking of poker, don’t forget it’s the fifth game of the BSOP on Sunday, do join in.
Right then, so we’re all well aware that ITV have an upcoming show called Sing If You Can recording soon where contestants sing whilst being distracted in hilarious and probably painful ways. It’s being reformatted slightly over here, all celebs are playing for charity and it’s likely to be a bit more extreme (one of the losers is going to get dunked into a pool from a great height). In the original, the singers are playing for members of the audience. Getting the tone right is going to be absolutely crucial, which is funny when you think about it.
Anyway you don’t need me to tell you about it, here’s the Pinoy version which is mostly in English anyway. As you will see it’s charmingly Phillippean, but I found myself fast forwarding through the actual challenges once it became obvious that there wasn’t much entertainment coming. This is the opening, the game doesn’t begin properly until part two.